Atikh Rashid

In Pune, six of the 14 Shiv Bhojan centres shut since the lockdown; district administration now directs operators to open them.

Earlier this week, the district administration had directed village-level and taluka-level authorities to ensure that those who have travelled from big cities remain at home and observe the guidelines issued by authorities about home quarantine.

Protesters at Kondhwa and Mominpura say they will be back 'as soon as normalcy returns'.

In Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, the masks -- especially single-use ones -- are being dumped by users with their household garbage and being picked up by wastepickers unknowingly.

Railway officers said based on the crowd on Saturday, they will take a decision on whether to operate extra trains on Sunday, when the country is scheduled to observe a ‘Janata Curfew’, as per an appeal made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Until now, the policy adopted in case of passengers of international flights was to screen them for COVID-19 related symptoms and examine their recent travel history.

Coronavirus in Pune: The PMC has ordered the head of the civic anti-encroachment department “to implement the district administration's directions” to ensure closure of places that attract a large crowd.

The portal www.idsp.mkcl.org, will require residents to create an account with their mobile number and submit, every 12 hours, details of their travel history, health observations and precautions they are taking.

“Contracting coronavirus is not a sin. It’s just a form of flu and anyone can contract it," said Pune District Collector Naval Kishore Ram.

Since it was established on March 5, the helpline at the state Health Department in Pune has received thousands of calls from people across the state. The volume of calls has gone up since the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected in the city on March 9.

The first batch of 58 Indians was brought back from Iran, one of the countries worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, where the death toll surged to 237 on Tuesday.

The data, obtained from PMC’s health department, is based on births reported to PMC by various hospitals under its jurisdiction. It also shows that the child sex ratio at birth stood at 927 in 2018 and 926 in 2017.

From 'Muslim Zones' needing protection from violence in 1947 to 'unhygienic pockets requiring beautification' in 1970s to "terrorist hide-outs" post 2000s.

Envisaged in 2008, the facility was supposed to be operational by 2011-12. It was delayed by about eight years due to lack of funds and government apathy.

According to the programme, the survival reports of seedlings planted between July 1 and September 30 last year were to be uploaded to the portal launched by the state Forest department to monitor the drive.

Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed Jawaharlal Nehru had asked then Chief Minister of Assam Gopinath Bardoloi to differentiate between 'refugee' and a 'Muslim immigrant' when they came to India.

The incident took place on Saturday morning when about 50 MNS workers, led by party leader Rahul Gawli, barged into a building in Balajinagar area of Dhankavadi.

One of the men claimed the cops called up his mother in Hooghly, and asked her to get local policemen to confirm that he was her son and an Indian.

Last week, the Central Railway gave its go-ahead for the revised detailed project report (DPR) prepared by MRIDC. The agency will now seek approval from the Railway Board and Maharashtra government to start work on the 231.716-km double line.